Pace, D-Pueblo, has drafted legislation that would limit travel expenses for Pinnacol officials or board members to no more than two times the reimbursable rates allowed by the Internal Revenue Service.

“They certainly wouldn’t be able to go to Pebble Beach and spend $300,000 (under the bill),” Pace said. “It would end all of the most atrocious abuses.”

Pace said he hopes to get bipartisan support for the bill.

“In my discussions with Republican legislators, they have been just appalled by the abuse of Pinnacol Assurance with their travel expenditures,” Pace said. “I fully expect I’ll be able to get some bipartisan support.

“Every dollar we save that doesn’t go toward a trip to Pebble Beach helps lower rates for businesses in Colorado.”